Manufacturing Truth: The Documentary Moment in Early Soviet Culture

The Bolshevik Revolution uprooted not only the social and political systems of the Russian Empire, but existing artistic institutions and traditions as well. Following the revolution, Soviet artists working in all different media had to respond to the urgent problem of how to make art relevant, even essential, to the revolutionary project undertaken by the Bolshevik Party. Focusing on the years 1921-1934, Manufacturing Truth explores the great upsurge in documentary methods and approaches in …